John Ralph, Secretary of the Silver City Show Society, said the event went off without a hitch, calling it an "A-1" year for the show.

He says the size of the event alone sets it apart from other regional show weekends.

"I don't think you see many country shows the size of Broken Hill's, with nine big rides like we had."

He says the large crowd meant it was a good year financially for the show society.

"Hopefully what we've got is going to cover our bills and then leave us with quite a sum to start next year off."

There had been calls to do away with the usual Thursday evening opening of the show, making it just a two day event, but Mr Ralph says it is likely to remain a three day show.

"We don't make that much money (on Thursday).

"On the four gates we'd make about four, five or six thousand... but it's mainly a night for the older people to come in."

Other changes being considered for future years of the show include the restricting of the fireworks display to one evening over the weekend rather than two.

"I'm looking at a thing of knocking the fireworks down on Friday night or Saturday night and putting in an entertainer (instead).

Strong attendance figures and near perfect weather meant spirits were high over the weekend, but local police say it wasn't an incident free event.

Detective Inspector Mick Stoltenberg said police had to attend to a serious fight that broke out between some of the show attendees.

"There's always going to be someone who drops the ball," he said.

"Again, it was one of these Facebook generated arguments which has spilled out onto the streets (where) 17-18 year old girls decided to get down and get dirty, literally, and a fight took place right in the middle of the show near one of the rides."

Inspector Stoltenberg says the incident is being followed up by police, but overall he was pleased with the behaviour of most show goers.

"General consensus was that it was a good family event... (and) all in all we're very happy, exceptionally happy, with how it went."